The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Colored Boy at Americus Steals and
Burns Up Papers Representing $4,-
200 - An Americus Colored Boy
Badly Bitten by 'Possum-Crimes
in Ebert County.
GEORGIA
Ebert now has three candidates in the
field for Senator.
The old Methodist parsonage at Elberton
is offered for sale.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of Brunswick is now organized and ready
for work. There are forty-two active and
fifteen associate members.
Saturday Joe Banks Tate, living with
Col r. +. Wright, near Elberton, acct
dentally shot himself through the lung with
pistol. 1t is thought he will die.
A boy on the plantation of j. w. Smith,
in Hart county, had the misfortune to lose
a portion of his right hand in rather pc
culiar way. He was bridling horse, when
the animal bit him, tearing off one finger
and terribly mangling the rest Of the hand.
At Americas, Sunday morning, Frank
divers little boy got large pin fixed cross
wise in his throat, and everything that
human ingenuity could do was done to ex-
tricate 1t, with no avail. At last DIR. j. A.
Fort was sent for, and with a slight dexter
Last Sunday, near Centervile, a difficulty
occurred between John Medlock and
negro. The negro advanced on Medlock
with knife. Medlock fired at the negro
with a shotgun, the load entering his arm
and nearly severing it from his body. The
Court of Inquiry held that Medlock was
justifiable
King Ray and Tom Davis, two negroes
living on Z. B. Heads place, near Elberton,
had difficulty about some money matters
day or two ago. Davis drew his shotgun
and fired at ray emptying the load in
Rays abdomen Davis has been committed
to the Superior Court for assault with in
tent to murder. Ray may recover.
AT meeting of the stockholders of the
First National Bank of Marietta, held Mon
dag, the following Board of Directors was
elected: R. W. Boone, John R. Winters,
9. S. McCandlish, l.. n. Trammeil, George
F. Gober, I. w. Glover and A. NJ Dobbs
Afterward the Board of Directors held a
meeting and elected Capt r. w. Boone,
President; John r. Winters, Vice Presi-
dent, and G.. S. McCandlish Cashier The
bank will begin business in a very short
time, as work on the vault is being pushed
as rapidly as possible.
At Americas Monday negro was carry
ing 'poSsum up Cotton avenue, when he
was stopped by another negro, who began
fooling with the possum. The animal did
not like this, and in some way got hold of
the Negroes middle finger and held it with
vice-hke grip. Several attempts were made
TO force the animals mouth open, but all
failed. A lighted cigar was stuck in its
mouth, butt no effect. Finally some one APP
peared with a pair of scissors and pried the
poSsum's mouth open with them The
wound on the Negroes hand was a severe
one.
A valuable horse of Col. d. L. Clinch, of
Brunswick, whilst being run at full speed
through the woods in pursuit of wild
steer, fell into deep hole going down into
it head foremost and almost turning SOM
ersault. 1t was some hours before the rider,
young negro about 20 years of age, could
be restored to consciousness, and the con-
WILSON'S with which he was seized counter.
acted by stimulants, but when that was
done, he said he was all right, only little
sore. AS the horse always has shown
much pleasure as well as great sagacity in
the chase, the accident would not have oc-
CURED if he had been left to his own guild
ance.
A bloody murder was committed near the
residence of Hon. j. H. Brewer, two miles
from Elberton, last Friday. Two negro
boys, Charley Oglesby and Dave Swearingin,
each about IL years old had a difficulty
about rabbit and some cuff buttons, when
Charley made thrust at Dave with a
pocket knife, striking him in the lower part
of the throat. The blood gushed from the
wound in perfect stream and Dave died
in few minutes. Coroner Beck summoned
jury and held an inquest, and in accord
ance with their verdict, a warrant for muir
der was issued for Charles. No arrest has
yet been made, but it is thought he will be
captured in n short time,
One night last week two negro girls were
passing through little strip o. woods near
Rose Hill cemetery, Macon, when they met
two men dressed in fantastic apparel, and
having false faces to mask their faces The
men had knives, and they stopped the
women, who were awfully frightened One
of the men, after scanning the faces of the
women, remarked, You are not the ones .
we want" and turned away. The women
raised such a clamor that people in the
nelghborhood ran out and gave chase The
masqueraders fled, leaving their knives and
false faces near huge oak that stands by
Ocmugee street, where they were after
ward found by Maggie Howard and Others,
who still have in possession the articles. 1t
was strange occurrence, and was mex
pllcable on any theory, except that these
gentry were gallivanting around in search
OF plumber. The woods at that particular
point are dark and lonely, and are very
favorable for lurking place for thieves,
tramps and vagabonds.
At Americas Sunday morning. while at
DitdhldSU -. -. -. Horne Ddd his pocket
book, containing $50 in money and 81. 200 in
notes, stolen from him. He suspected lit.
tie negro boy who did chores about the
house, but had no positive evidence On
Monday morning he took Deputy Sheriff
Cobb with him and visited the mother of the
boy. he told her that he did not care so
much for the money as he did the
papers in the pocketbook, and if the
book was returned him he would
not prosecute the boy. The mother
took the boy in hand, and he confessed to
the theft, but said he had taken the money
out of the pocket-book and hid it under
plank in the carriage house. and had thrown
the pocket-book and the papers it contained
into the stove, where it was soon burned up
The money, $50, was found where the boy
said he had hid it. Fortunately 81, ZOO of
the notes in the pocket-book were secured
by mortgage, which was on record, and no
loss can be sustained on them. The other
5000, however, is total loss. The boy is
only IA years old.
Brunswick Advertiser: The Raiford canal
scheme has been revived, TO wit: the dig
ging of a canal across the isthmus of Flori-
da, connecting the Calf of Mexico with the
Atlantic ocean, using the Okeefenokee
swamp as the grand basin and the st.
Mary's river to the Atlantic and the SIi-
wannee river to the Gulf as the outlets
('OI RaifO-d hos xvorlrad at fl,ic cnbar,,a f,,.